After resigning, Sidhu's wife questions BJP's silence on mafia

Amritsar, Oct 9: A day after resigning from the BJP, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife Navjot Kaur on Sunday questioned the party's silence on the mafia rule in Punjab.

The mafia that Kaur referred to is allegedly linked to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is an ally of the Akali Dal in the ruling alliance in Punjab since 2007.

"Before joining the alliance, they should have told us that we are not supposed to open our mouth. Whatever wrong was happening, we were supposed to just look away and support the wrongdoings. We were supposed to support the entire mafia and not allowed to point out anything," Kaur, who resigned from the BJP on Saturday, told the media here.